Patch pocket



Aug. 5, 1924. Re. 15,886 I A. C. BARROW PATCH POCKET Original Filed May 5, 1922 gnuento'c we! 5- Wm) (lttozmq Q Reissued Aug. 5, 1924.

UNITED STATES ALFRED C. BARROW, OF LYNCHBUB-G, VIRGINIA, ASSIGNOB, BY MESNE ASSIGN- MENTS, 'I'O PATENT POCKET CORPORATION, OF LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA, A COR- PORATION OI" VIRGINIA.

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Original No. 1,457,812, dated June 5, 1923, Serial No. 558,669, filed May 5, 1922. Application for reissue filed June 8, 1924,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALFRED C. BARROW, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lynchburg, inthe county of Campbell and 6 State of Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Patch Pockets; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in overalls or work garments, and more particularly to an improved patch pocket there- It is well known that the bottom of the pockets of work garments wear out very quickly due to the miscellaneous objects carried in the pockets and it is, therefore, an object of invention to overcome this weakness by providing a reinforced pocket which can be cheaply manufactured and which shall be highly eflicient in use.

The various features of novelty of the invention will appear from the detailed description thereof taken in connection with the accompanying drawing forming part of the specification.

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Figure 1 is a view of apiece from which the embodiment of the improved patch pocket specifically illustrated in the drawmg: is made;

ig. 2 is a view showing the lower part of the iece doubled and stitched to the main body portion of the piece and incidentall the u per edge hemmed;

ig. 3 s ows the side edges hemmed;

Fig. 4 shows the bottom corners turned over preparatory to attaching the piece to the body of the garment, and

Figure 5 shows the complete'pocket.

In the-drawings, 10 indicates the piece of fabric or facing from which the improved pocket is made. In the particular embodiment of the invention illustrated the piece 10 is provided at its lower end with an extension 10' that is of less width than the body of the piece and which is turned and stitched along its upper edge to the body of the piece or fabrlc 10 as shown at 11. The top of the piece is hemmed as shown at 12 andthe piece is then ready for Serial No. 717,667.

attachment to the body 13 of the garment. In attaching the piece to the body 13 of the garment, the side edges are first turned to overlie the reinforce 10 (as shown by a comparison of Figures 1 and 8) as at 1 1 and the bottom corners also turned as at 15 and the side edgesand bottom of the piece then stitched to the garment body as clearly shown in Fig. 5, numeral 16 indicating such stitching.

The above described construction provides a reinforced pocket which can be cheaply manufactured and which is efficient in use. By rovidin the narrowed extension 10 at the ottom o the main piece 10 and doubling and stitching it to the main body ortion of said piece not only are the manu acturing operations reduced to the simplest possible number, but a superior reinforced pocket is obtained than is the case where the reinforce 10 is a detached member which is sewed on to the outside of the pocket as is customary. It is to be noted that the reinforce 10' is positioned inside the pocket rather than outside, a feature which makes it unnecessary to hem the edge 10 of the reinforce. he reinforce is of less width than the main body of the piece 10 so as to avoid unnecessary thickness of material when the'side edges of the piece 10 are turned. By turning the corners 15 as shown, a neater appearing pocket is provided but such turning is optional as regards the main feature of the invention, which is the doubling of the lower end of .thepiece 10 by providing an interior reinforce 10 of less width than the main body piece and stitching the upper edge of said reinforce to the main body portion of said piece. The reinforce extends upwardly a sufiicient distance to take the wear, which ordinarily comes at the bottom of the pocket. The front wall of the pocket is thus reinforced b an interior, concealed -member of less wi th than the main pocket iece.

p The .above described invention is extremely simple but marks a decided improvement in the art as the manufacturing 0 erations are reduced to the simplest possible number, a saving in material is ef-- fected and a pocket of minimum bulk obtained.

sides and lower end of the '10 What I claim is a 1. The combination with a arment bod of a facing forforrning a po et therewit said facing being of double ply construction adjacent its lower end with the inner ly of less width than the outer ply, the sides of the latter bein folded over at the side edges of the inner p and stitching securing the facing to the said body, said inner ply being connected to the outer ply by stitching above the bottom of the pocket.

2. The combination with a arment bod of a facingfor forming a poc et therewit stitchin securing the sides and lower end of the acin to the said body, the lower end of the acing being doubled over to form a. reinforce for the bottom of the pocket, said doubled over rtion upwardly and stitched at its upper edge to the facing above the stitching at the bottom of the cket.

3. T e combination as in claim 2, characterized by the said doubled over portion being disposed between the facing and the garment body.

4. The combination as in claim 2, char 'acterized by this that the width of the dou- ALFRED o. BARROW.

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